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As
the Ottomans were being attacked in the Middle East
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by
the British and Arabs, the Russians invaded Anatolia
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from
the East in 1915.
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By
mid-1916, the Russian army had reached Erzurum
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March
1917: Russian Revolution halted the advance,
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leaving
any Russian sympathizers, including many
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Armenians
behind.
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Armenians
became perceived by Ottoman Turks as
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siding
with Russians as a group.
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1915-1918:
Ottomans deported many Armenians from
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Anatolia
to Syria and Lebanon.
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Hundreds
of thousands starved to death in these relocations.
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This
episode remains very controversial because of
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disagreements
about the complicity of the Ottoman government
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in
these acts.
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